Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-22
MAINE $50 TROTTERS.

MAINE $50 TROTTERS.
We have been waiting to hear from
Maurice again, and here it comes in the
last Maine Horse Breeders Monthly.
Maurice has found out that when the
Morgans have a chance. as in Maine and
Vermont, they produce the speed on the
sire side as we'll as the dam side. OF
course, they can't do it where the stall
lions are not used. We had seen Maui
rice's chance in the second volume of
"Maine-bred Horses" both in the 2 30
trotters of last year and in the total of
those bred in Maine, but Maurice has
gone beyond us, and, in fact, out-done
himself in drawing on the lists of those
who have trotted between , 80 and 40.
With the force of these tables staring
him in the face we should think friend
Thompson would want to hire some one
to kick him for writing in volume l of
his "Maine-bred Horses" p. 40: Next
to Winthrop Messenger, Maine is proba
bly, more largely indebted to the descend
ants of the famous Justin Morgan for
any other source What that ''neXt''
means would puzzle an off OK. VIII
friend Thompson please explain. The
only meaning that we can see to it is that
he had surrendered his thinking to Mr..
Wallace. If it has any other meaning,
we call again upon Mr.. Thompson to eX-
plain. Maurice gives GO of the l22 Maine
bred 2 80 trotters from Morgan sires: to
these might "a well be added the three
from Black Pilot. There are five from
Winthrop Messenger, and - in all from
Messenger sires. Some folks that did
their own thinking might think the
"neXt" came the other way on this show
ing. On the dam side less than half are
given. but considerably the most of them
are Morgans. We conclude that 'neXt"
doesn't mean anything.
HORSE BREEDING IN MAINE.
'llavlng considerable leisure for few
months past. have quite naturally spent
most of my time in blacksmith shops and
livery stables, where the merits of the
different trotters were ably Gas thought
discussed, but one day, remembered that
such conversation was not considered re-
liable by some of the ddudnced horsemen
of our State, so decided to send for
"NOted Maine Horses Vol. H." and get
something reliable. and when it came was
not disappointed and would like to see it
in every breeders hands, even if he does
not breed but one colt a year; they can
not afford to be without it, as past eXpe-
rience is the safest guide for all. We first
took the Maine 80 list and found it con-
tanned the names of l22 horses. OF
course our next desire was to ascertain to
what blood we were indebted for the
great success in producing the trotter,
and many of them the finest road horses
in the world. We found six with records
below 30. The fastest of these is Hope
full, record to harness III 81. and to
wagon , :l6 -, a mark which no other
trotter has yet been able to equal in a
public contest. Hopeful was by Godfrey
Patchen, dam by the Brigham Horse,
I'd dam by a son of Sherman Morgan.
Lady Maud, 2 rs II, is the next fastest,
by Gen Knox. Next comes the PAGER
Benny, is ID, by Fearnaught, Jr.. dam
by Gilbreth Knox, an inbred Morgan.
Iron Age, 2:l9 II, by son of Gen.
Knox, dam of Drew descent. Camors,
2:l9 81, by Gen. Knox. Pilot Knox,
2:l9 81, by Black Pilot, dam by son of
Gen Knox FOur of the Siy were nv,
Morgan sires and the Morgan blood is
found in the dams of the other two.
Hambetonians below 20
OF the remaining ll6, SO have Morgan
sires, 80 being by Gen. Knox, his sons
aid grandsons; s by Winthrop Morrill,
and the other Is by other Morgan
sires. Next in rank come the Drews
with II to their credit, and third in rank
come the Hambletonians with ten, leaving
40 to other sires. We were then inter-
ested to investigate further and find how
many were to be found with records be-
tween 2 80 and 40, although we think
it is not claimed by the author that this
class is complete, but is fair as concerns
the different breeds. We find 10 with
records between 2 80 and 2 81 ;6 by Nor
gan sires, 3 by Gen. Knox, by his son,
by Fearnaught, by Winthrop Morrill,
2 by Drews, 2 by other bloOds, Handle
tonian, -. We find As with records
between 2 81 and 2 :3i; the Morgans
again taking long lead with 80 to theil